Natasha Behnam

Natasha Behnam is an American actress and comedian.

Early life
Natasha Behnam grew-up in an Iranian-American household in Orange County, and has described wanting to be an actress by the time she was four years old. She attended Loyola Marymount University's Film & TV Production school where she took acting classes and performed improv & sketch comedy.

Career
Behnam performed comedy with Upright Citizens Brigade and The Groundlings School. In 2018, she appeared in The CW's series  Crazy Ex-Girlfriend season four, Animal Kingdom on TNT and also appeared in Mayans M.C. on FX. She played Michelle in the 2020 film American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules.

In 2024, Behnam appeared as journalist Lola Rahaii on HBO Max series The Girls on the Bus, based on Amy Chozick’s 2018 memoir Chasing Hillary. Her character was shaped into being a first-generation Persian after her casting and show-runner Rina Mimoum introduced her to the writer's room to share her experience being Iranian American. In a review for the LA Times, Mary McNamara described her performance by saying "she steals every scene she's in".

In May 2024, Behnam was cast as Dominique in a recurring role on the fifth series of Netflix thriller series You. She has an upcoming role in Barden and Sarah Start a Pandemic which premiered at Series Fest and won the Audience Award, she described the series as being about "two absurd best friends who will do anything to get out of work, so they decide they want to start another pandemic just so they don't have to go back to work".

Personal life
Behnam speaks English and Persian. Her parents are from Tehran but fled from the Iranian Revolution. She describes herself as queer.